ReviewInternational journal of biometeorology2018
Occupational heat stress assessment and protective strategies in the context of climate change.
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76 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Practical Considerations for Using Personal Cooling Garments for Heat Stress Management in Physically Demanding Occupations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Using Realist Evaluation.American journal of industrial medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Investigation of the usage of machine learning to explore the impacts of climate change on occupational health: a systematic review and research agenda.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Impacts of heat exposure in utero on long-term health and social outcomes: a systematic review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Pooled it
- Impacts on performance of growing-finishing pigs under heat stress conditions: a meta-analysis.Veterinary research communications · 2019Pooled it
- Novel cooling vest with personal protective equipment alleviates heat strain without increasing metabolic demands in the heat.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2026Trial
- Active Heat Acclimation Training Offered Better Results in Thermal Rooms in Basic-Training Troops: A Prospective Controlled Study.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingTrial
- Temperature and heat-load exposure effects on preterm births: Insights from a population-based study using distributed lag non-linear models.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026Article
- Development and validation of an Outdoor Environmental Heat Index (OETI) based on geographical, environmental and meteorological data.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Occupational heat exposure and chronic kidney disease risk under climate warming: a retrospective cohort study of petrochemical workers with mechanistic insights.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2026Article
- Time-series analysis of the incidence trend of heat stress-related disorders in a hot and humid climate in a process industry.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Housing modifications for heat adaptation, thermal comfort and malaria vector control in rural African settlements.Nature medicine · 2026Article
- Influence of extreme heat waves as an aggravating factor in the cause of death from cardiovascular diseases in Southeast Brazil.Cadernos de saude publica · 2026Article
- Effect of Underwear Materials on the Thermal Insulation of Barrier Protective Clothing.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Validation of heat strain risk assessment (HSRA) indices compared to wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) and predicted heat strain (PHS) indices.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Extreme Heat Exposure in the Construction Industry: A Scoping Review on Risk Factors and Heat-Related Health Consequences.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Heat Stress and Determinants of Kidney Health Among Agricultural Workers in the United States: An Integrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Development of the outdoor personal thermal index (OPTI) for evaluating heat strain risk using personal, observational, geographical, and meteorological data.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Health Interventions for the Prevention of Dehydration in Agricultural Workers Exposed to Heat Stress: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Association between wet-bulb globe temperature and epilepsy: a space-time-stratified case-crossover study in Taiwan.Tropical medicine and health · 2025Article
- A global high-resolution and bias-corrected dataset of CMIP6 projected heat stress metrics.Scientific data · 2025Article
16 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Global warming will unquestionably increase the impact of heat on individuals who work in already hot workplaces in hot climate areas. The increasing prevalence of this environmental health risk requires the improvement of assessment methods linked to meteorological data. Such new methods will help to reveal the size of the problem and design appropriate interventions at individual, workplace and societal level. The evaluation of occupational heat stress requires measurement of four thermal climate factors (air temperature, humidity, air velocity and heat radiation); available weather station data may serve this purpose. However, the use of meteorological data for occupational heat stress assessment is limited because weather stations do not traditionally and directly measure some important climate factors, e.g. solar radiation. In addition, local workplace environmental conditions such as local heat sources, metabolic heat production within the human body, and clothing properties, all affect the exchange of heat between the body and the environment. A robust occupational heat stress index should properly address all these factors. This article reviews and highlights a number of selected heat stress indices, indicating their advantages and disadvantages in relation to meteorological data, local workplace environments, body heat production and the use of protective clothing. These heat stress and heat strain indices include Wet Bulb Globe Temperature, Discomfort Index, Predicted Heat Strain index, and Universal Thermal Climate Index. In some cases, individuals may be monitored for heat strain through physiological measurements and medical supervision prior to and during exposure. Relevant protective and preventive strategies for alleviating heat strain are also reviewed and proposed.
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